The Invisible Middle: History Professors Engaging in Public History on Campuses
Anna Kaplan, Doctoral Candidate, American University
Proposal Type
Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Place
- Teaching
- Other: Universities/Colleges
Abstract
Investigating the role college history professor have or have not played in historical interpretations on higher education campuses beyond and including confederate statues. Read More
The Middle of the Intersection: Oral History, Public History, and Service-Learning
Michella Marino, Assistant Professor of History, Hastings College
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Oral History
- Teaching
Abstract
My Intro to Oral History class provides an intersection for academic, public, and oral history through Service-Learning projects. Read More
Cryptologic Myths
Gregory Nedved, Historian, Center for Cryptologic History
Proposal Type
Structured Conversation
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- General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Government historians
- Museums/Exhibits
- Teaching
Abstract
As a historian at the Center for Cryptologic History, I give presentations to the general public (my definition of the “middle”) all of the time. Read More
The FDR Memorial as 1990s Culture War
Keith Eberly, Assistant Professor of Education and History, Muskingum University
Proposal Type
Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Memory
- Other: Monuments & Memorials
Abstract
Between 1974 and 1997, New Deal liberals designed, promoted, and ultimately built a memorial to FDR on the National Mall. Read More
Beyond Data – Digital Methods as a Way to Present History
Michelle Davison, PhD Student, University of South Florida
Proposal Type
Roundtable
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Digital
- Science and Tech
Abstract
The affordances of digital methods in presenting history and engaging with the public. Read More
The Politics of the Middle
Tim Rives, Deputy Director, Eisenhower Presidential Library
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Museums/Exhibits
- Memory
Abstract
The panel will discuss the “politics of the middle.” President Dwight D. Eisenhower is a representative figure. Read More
Interpreting the Layers of Indian Removal
Savannah Grandey, Director of Interpretation, Historic Westville
Proposal Type
Pecha Kucha
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Museums/Exhibits
- Oral History
- Place
- Memory
Abstract
“Indian Removal” as articulated by Andrew Jackson and comrades was a monumental idea and federal policy that irrevocably shaped the southeastern United States. Read More
From Davis Bend to Mound Bayou
Sade Turnipseed, Executive Director / History Professor, Khafre, Inc / MVSU
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Material Culture
- Place
- Memory
Abstract
By studying the cotton plantation system of the Old South and operations owned by Joseph and Jefferson Davis, juxtaposed t o the self-determined agency of Benjamin Montgomery, and how Davis Bend became what was considered an “imagined community” in the historical township of Mound Bayou. Read More